CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Roger Williams Swimming & Diving team had a great start to the first day of the NEISDA Championships hosted by MIT on Thursday. Both teams raced in one event to start off the competition, which was the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay.
The Women's team came in second place finishing with a time of 8:01.83.
Gabrielle Pielka (Mahwah, N.J.),
Allegra Iacovino (Chester Springs, Pa.),
Allison Surian (Burlington, Conn.), and Megan Peters (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) all had their season's best going into the start of championships!
The Men's team placed first including
John Babuka (Richmond, Ky.),
Kirk Schultz (Cos Cob, Conn.),
Hunter Wronski (Shelton, Conn.), and
Hunter Olson (Framingham, Mass.). They finished with a time of 6:55.57 and set a new school record by :2 seconds!
Coach
Matt Emmert was really excited stating "good start for the squad last night!"
Today will be the next round of preliminaries as the Hawks continue to battle for the next three days.
